MISSED CALL
"Hello, this is Gerry here. I saw this missed call. May I know, whose number is this?" I asked the lady on the other end. "I have not made any call, sorry." "But, ma'am. This number ... Is it yours?" "I told you, I haven't called you." "Can you check, if any one around you had tried?" Dhud! After ten minutes: "I am very sorry. It was my dad's phone; he had tried your number," the 'young lady' was on the other end, once again. But, this time around, she was extremely polite and apologetic. "He wanted to enquire about my admission ... I did not know I was talking to you," she really sounded apologetic. "It's alright beti; just be careful, next time," I advised. "Okay sir," she promised. This was yesterday. About four years ago, one morning, I wanted to talk to Prashant, my student. So, I called his residence number. "Hold on," a rough and cold voice told me. A minut...